Nomination for Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the 1. Name of Property historic name Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building other names/site number 2. Location street & number - city or town_ L vicinity State - code 3. State/Federal Agency Certification J request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of X) meets does not meet the National Register criteria.

I recommend that this property be considered significant Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State of Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. (L See continuation sheet for additional Signature of certitying official/Title 4. National Park Service Certification Date of Action V entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the - removed from the National - other, (explain:) Columbus Date Ohio Register. Registration Form National Register comments.) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional .

county Franklin As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this E nomination LJ nationally statewide locally. (L See continuation sheet for additional comments.) I hereby certify that the property is: Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property code_049 4.12:0( Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Franklin County, Ohio Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property Do not include previously listed resources in the count X private X building(s) - public-local L district - public-State - site - public-Federal - structure - object Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 6.

Function or Use Current Functions 7. Description walls _ Brick, Concrete Narrative Description foundation Noncontributing Total Concrete roof other Materials VACANT Historic Functions Architectural Classification CLASSICAL REVIVAL ELEMENTS (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (Check as many boxes as apply) (Enter categories from instructions) (Check only one box) BUSINESS: Office Building Built up-- Asphalt OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building islocated at the northeast corner of East First Avenue and North Fourth Street on the near north side of Columbus, Ohio.

The nominated property is part of the former Jeffrey Manufacturing Company site, generally bounded by Second Avenue on the north, Fourth Street on the west, I-670 on the south and the railroad line on the located on the north side of First Avenue, and include the Office Building (1924, A on the map) and the Research Development and Test building (built in 1946, B on the map), a drafting room Berry Brothers Bolt Works, listed on the National Register in 1988. The remainder of the Jeffrey demolished in the late 1980s. the Research Development and Test Building (contributing, hereinafter referred to in the nomination as the R & D Building), and a one-story rear drafting room annex (non-contributing). south, overlooking the vast former site of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company.

The R& D originally built as a separate building, was connected to the R & D Building when the space A bird's eye view of the plant, with Fourth Street in the foreground (Figure I), shows the imposing presence of this building at the First Avenue entrance to the property shortly after the The office building is a four-story, reinforced concrete structure faced with a veneer of red and salmon brick (photos 1-6). It has an elongated U shape, with a center seven-bay recessed section (Figure 2), with the exception of the front entrance which was modified from the drawing. Boston, Massachusetts.

It appears as originally designed as shown in a 1923 architect's rendering National Register of Historic Places Manufacturing Company plant to the south of First Avenue and west of the railroad line was The two pre-1950 structures are joined by an original enclosed bridge at their top floors, linking contributing. The other remaining Jeffrey buildings are not included in this nomination because of Franklin County, Ohio symmetrical, with its central entrance feature highlighted by a raised one-story entry pavilion. east. Today, the only remaining buildings from this company's long tenure at this location are the south side of First Avenue that had been in use since shortly after the plant was first located flanked by two projecting three-bay wings. Side elevations have six bays. The main facade is between the two was roofed over at a later time. Its c.

1960 date of construction makes it non- annex (built c. 1960, C on the map) and two large manufacturing buildings (built in 1906 and Section number 7 The nominated property includes the Office Building (contributing) and a rear addition known as the administrative and research/development functions of the company.The office building faces office building was constructed in 1923-24. The office building replaced a small frame office on extensive alterations to their exterior and interior appearance. building is located across the alley to its north, with frontage on Sixth Street. The annex, here in 1888. The new building was designed and built by The Stone and Webster:Company of 1907, D and E on the map).Located to the east of these buildings along the railroad tracks is the NPS Form 10-900-a Page 1 (8-86) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Franklin County, Ohio The U-shaped plan creates a central recessed area which forms an entrance courtyard for the building. Also present is a pair of ground-level entry doors at the location of the building's stairwells, at either end of the recessed portion of the facade. cornice wraps nearly around the building, with the exception of the rear northeast corner (where there). At the center of the main facade above the projecting cornice is a decorative pediment pavilion features a balustrade at the roof and a molded door surround; it retains its heavy bronze The brick walls of the building are laid in a Flemish bonding pattern on all sides. Window openings are given no embellishment, save for a simple concrete sill on each.

Windows have steel openings were filled in with matching brick, with the sills retained. of the same Flemish bond pattern and continued the use of the heavy water table that appears on west ends. The one at the east end is a bronze tablet with the names of Jeffrey employees who served in World War I from 1914-1918. At the west end is a bronze relief of company founder Page Hantervite marble. Plaster walls have paneled wainscoting and decorative pilasters that align with providing steam heat to the offices. Further west is a one-story wing built as a filing room, flat roofline, the parapet wall is embellished with a projecting cornice with modillions. The sash grouped in threes in all locations. In past years, some ground floor and rear window window openings were taller to admit light to the photography department originally located the rest of the building.

In later years, the space between these two wings was filled in with brick. first section is at the northeast corner and was used as the building's original boiler room, On the interior, the office building is particularly distinguished by its lobby (photos 17-18). At the rear of the office building is a one-story wing, built in three sections (photos 9-11). The marble stairs from the entry pavilion, with notable features that include an encased beam ceiling Joseph A. Jeffrey, for whom the building was dedicated at its completion in 1924 (photo 19). wraps the perimeter of the building. doors and ornamental light fixtures (photo 4).

The steps leading to the door are the width of the the ceiling beams.Significant to the space are two ornamental bronze plaques at the east and pavilion, and have their original wrought iron stair railing and newel posts with copper caps National Register of Historic Places The building is designed with restrained Classical Revival elements rendered in concrete.At the with rectangular panels, a travertine marble floor, and window seating benches made of with oval medallion carved with the date of the building's construction, 1924. The central entry (photo 5).

The base of the building is distinguished by a heavy raised water table, which also Located at the main entrance of the second floor, the lobby is a rectangular space reached by probably at the time of the R & D building's construction in 1946.Both of these wings made use Section number NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Franklin County, Ohio Originally existing on the long north wall of the lobby were three bronze tablets depicting the development of the coal mining industry. These features have been removed from the space, but -an effort is underway to locate and restore them to their original locations. The tablets were designed by Bruce Saville of Columbus, Ohio.

Two other spaces in the building are ornamented and carry special significance. Located on the fourth floor, these are the directors' board room and the library (photos 20-22). The library is patterned relief. On the north wall is a stone Tudor fireplace mantle with an oil portrait of Joseph A. Jeffrey set into the paneling above it. The portrait, which is original to the building, was painted by Eugene Speicher of New York City at the time of the building's dedication. One other important feature of this room is the casement windows that exist on two sides. These leaded The floor plan of the building is typical of office buildings of the period, featuring a central corridor that is repeated on each floor (photo 23).

The floors were divided into various offices along the center part of the building, while most of the space in the wings was left as open space the main office staff, including lockers, drinking fountains, telephone booths, comfortable rest Connected to the rear of the office building by the enclosed bridge over the alley is the Research concrete and steel frame building with brick-faced curtain walls. The bridge extends from the are used to define the exposed east and west elevations of the building. Slightly less than one- half of the structure is devoted to the three floors of the west end, with open office space that was Page building itself. drawings and documents. (photo 24), according to a floor layout printed in Jeffrey Service, the company's newsletter, at the which provided needed storage for the hundreds of engineering drawings for Jeffrey products. stenography office.

Each floor contains a vault, used for storing sensitive company engineering primarily distinguished by the facing of its walls with oak panels and its plaster ceiling with cove molding. On the south wall of this room, the paneling hides built-in cabinets and a blackboard. time the building opened (Figure 4). The building contained all of the latest in conveniences for Development and Test Building, added to the site in 1946 (photos 7-13). This is a:three-story distinctive.It is finished in hand-carved oak panels and features a barrel-vault plaster ceiling with providing a record of the company's history and contribution to the mining industry within the The directors' board room, a rectangular space at the front of the west wing, is particularly fourth floor of the office building, with a stepped parapet, down to the third floor of the addition.

the research wing of the building (photo 26).Also present here is another secure drawing vault (8-86) Section number 7 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 glass windows display emblems depicting various Jeffrey Manufacturing Company products, rooms, an elevator, ample lighting, and such innovations as sound-proofing ceiling material for the The R & D building is divided into two primary sections, east and west. Modest stepped parapets OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Section number To the east, more than half of the building is given over to a tall two-story open industrial space used as a testing facility for Jeffrey products (photos 27 and 28).

This part of the building has two large east-west bays with vehicular doors and windows on the east side and tall window walls Windows are steel industrial sash with a combination of fixed lights and horizontal casement windows. A small number of windows in the west portion of the building have been replaced with To the rear (north) of the R & D building is a one-story building with vaulted roof and exposed concrete block structure on three sides (photos 14-16). A plain brick facade with shallow stepped was later connected to the R & D building when the space between the two was roofed over dropped ceiling (photo 30). Sometime later, it was expanded with a second, flat-roofed concrete of significance for the property. Page (photo 29).

The interior of this building is plainly finished with exposed concrete walls and Continuation Sheet (8-86) parapet exists on its east side only, where an entry door (a man door) and two window openings block addition to the north. The annex is a non-contributing building which is outside the period on the exposed north and south sides.The south bay retains its original wood block flooring. glass block and vertical casement sash. National Register of Historic Places Franklin County, Ohio (bricked in)exist.This draft room annex was a separate building when constructed c.1960,and NPS Form 10-900-a County and State Franklin Co., Ohio 8. Statement of Significance

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Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Enter categories from instructions for National Register listing.) a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Xx C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and Period of Significance distinguishable entity whose components lack C D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations Significant Dates (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) 1924, 1946 A owned by a religious institution or used for Significant Person L B removed from its original location.

(Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. C D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. -G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. The Stone and Webster Co., Boston, MA Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 B State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 1924-1950 Bibilography Register INDUSTRY ARCHITECTURE Name of repository: Cultural Affiliation Architect/Builder religious purposes. Property is: individual distinction. our history.

XA Property is associated with events that have made United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Franklin County, Ohio Section number The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building is eligible for the National Register of illustrated by the office building and R & D building which remain the most intact and historically significant structures associated with Jeffrey on this site. The office building, built in 1924, and the R& D building addition, built in 1946, are important vestiges of Jeffrey Manufacturing's contribution to the coal mining industry as well as to the industrial development and growth of the office building and adjoining research building for a major Columbus manufacturer in the period following World War I and during World War II.

The office building is an example of a state-of- the-art facility of that period, with fireproof construction and modern facilities for administrative and engineering staff. Significant interior spaces such as the lobby and directors' board room give Columbushas few such office buildings, with the Jeffrey Office Building being possibly the largest Jaeger Machine Company, has a modest one-story office building at its plant on Spring Street near downtown Columbus (NR 1983). company with additional engineering offices and a well-lighted industrial space for development and testing of prototypes. The R & D addition has a vernacular industrial character that is expressed by its simple brick facades and tall industrial-sash window walls. A. Jeffrey, who supplied the capital for the successful development of the machine.

From modest Page the building additional architectural character, including the original artwork that exists to honor Historic Places under Criteria A and C. Under Criterion A, the property is significant for its city of Columbus. became known as the largest manufacturer of coal mining machinery in the world, was located at Historical Background and Significance The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company was organized in 1876, an outgrowth of the inventive genius this site beginning in 1888. The tremendous growth and success of this manufacturer is well- features in a practical design that conveys the importance of the industry to the community. of Francis J.

Lechner, who invented a coal mining machine, and the organizing ability of Joseph The construction of the Research Development and Test Building addition in 1946 reflects the Under Criterion C, the nominated property is important as an example of a large scale company enduring industries. This company, which was a pioneer of coal mining mechanization and industrial office building of the early 20" century, because of its use of restrained Classical Revival increased war-time productivity of the company.Its design served a dual purpose, equipping the the company's founder, Joseph A. Jeffrey.The property is a good example of a building type, the OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 existing in the city. For comparison, another industrial machinery manufacturer of the period, the association with the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, one of Columbus' largest and most (8-86) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service Continuation Sheet Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Section number 8 Franklin County, Ohio including the first adaptation of electric motors to mining machines, development of the first electric locomotive used in bituminous coal mining, manufacture of the first commercially- mining and loading machine. By 1875, the United States was burning about 100 million tons of coal per year, but productivity in the coal mines was still extremely limited. Coal mining was all underground at the time and the only tools available were hand picks to under-cut the coal face, hand augers to bore holes for the inventors in Britain and the U.S. were attempting during the 1860s and 1870s to design machines that would facilitate the under-cutting of coal. air-powered machine that he believed could be used to successfully under-cut the coal mechanically.

After he received a patent for the design in 1876, Lechner constructed a model of venture because of its proximity to the abundant coal fields in Hocking County some 80 miles to the southeast. Recognizing the potential market for this machine, Jeffrey and his partner Francis Sessions purchased a controlling interest in the Lechner patent and incorporated the Lechner as general manager. With the financial assistance of these men, Lechner was able to develop a full-sized machine which was first tested in a mine at New Straitsville, Ohio. This was the first commercially successful coal cutting machine. factory on State Street for the manufacture of the mining machines. Lechner resigned as general by 1887 when Jeffrey bought out his minority shareholders (including Lechner) and changed the firm's name to the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company. published in Columbus, Ohio in 1975.

Page beginnings, this company gained significance as the largest manufacturer of coal mining machinery manager in 1882, and the company struggled through the mid-1880s, but business had improved in the world.' Jeffrey Manufacturing claims a number of firsts in the coal mining industry, backer to finance the construction of a prototype machine to test his idea. The model attracted the attention of Joseph A. Jeffrey (1836-1928), a Columbus businessman who was at the time a Mining Machine Company in 1876, with Sessions as president, Jeffrey as treasurer, and Lechner In Columbus, an inventor by the name of Francis Lechner developed a design for a chain-driven, 1 Hunker, Henry L. Industrial Evolution of Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio State University, Columbus: 1958.

partner and cashier of the city's Commercial Bank.Columbus was an ideal location for such a National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior 2Much of this information is drawn from "A Short History of the Jeffrey Company"' by Robert H.

Jeffrey, II, successful mechanical coal loading machine, the first cable conveyors, and the first combination the machine and displayed it in a storefront on High Street in Columbus, hoping to attract a black powder needed to"shoot"the coal down from the solid face, and hand shovels to load the coal into mule carts.Given the nature of this difficult, labor-intensive work, a number of BPS Form 10-900-3 Jeffrey succeeded Sessions as president in 1880, and in that year the company leased its first United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Section number Franklin County, Ohio Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. In that same year, Jeffrey's first electrically driven coal cutter was shipped, as was the first underground electric locomotive, which soon became Jeffrey's diversified in response to demand.

For example, Jeffrey began to design and manufacture its own tipple machinery, ventilating fans and numerous other devices, all of which Jeffrey designed and supplied everything required in mining, handling and cleaning coal - from the face of the coal to country, and had also begun exporting to foreign markets such as mines in South Africa and Ohio: 1901. hand trucks. Page commercially. The mining industry also called for elevating and conveying machinery, portable manufactured. elevators, chain belting, crushers, and other engineered systems could also be applied to countless mining related applications. From the four acres purchased in 1888, the company's plant was Jeffrey employed over 2,500 and Ohio Malleable employed over 800 people.

By 1927, the plant Jeffrey continued to expand in 1904, making its first major acquisition by purchasing the Ohio loaders, coal washing and crushing machinery, electric and air-powered drills, pit car loaders, castings used in chain. By this time, the company was delivering its products to many parts of the the city's largest employers was located one along the Big Four tracks directly south of the Jeffrey plant. This was Kilbourne & Jacobs, a major producer of wheel barrows and industrial In 1888, Jeffrey Manufacturing purchased four acres of land at the present location and built its (known as "the big shop") which was built running south from First Avenue. In the early 1920s, a other uses, and the company developed new and successful markets for its products. Its roller men in that year, making it one of the largest manufacturers in Columbus.

Malleable Iron Company, located directly north of the plant, to provide an assured source of railroad in the foreground in a sketch from that year in Figure 3. The company employed 800 National Register of Historic Places At the turn of the century,Jeffrey stood as the only manufacturer of mining machinery that covered over 32 acres, with 16 of those under roof (Figure 1). In addition to Jeffrey, another of the north of First Street in 1906 and 1907. In 1908, a major addition was the main machine shop expanded to cover13 acres of land by1901.The complex of brick buildings is seen with the chains to drive the machines as early as1886,since there were no suitable chains available first buildings on the south side of East First Avenue along the tracks of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900-a second largest product line.

Before the end of the century, the company's product lines had been 3 Columbus Trades and Labor Assembly, Illustrated History of Columbus Trades and Labor Assemby, Columbus, large assembly bay was connected to the machine shop running west to Fourth Street. By 1919, and detachable chain belting systems in particular met with early success in a variety of non- the loading of the same in barges or railroad cars'. Jeffrey's products, such as belt conveyors, NPS Form 10-900-a OM8 Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Section number the area to the west of North Fourth Street was rapidly developing as a middle and working class transportation advantages presented by the streetcar, and the emergence of North High Street as a directories typically do not list the specific employer, large numbers of residents with occupations of laborer, painter, chain maker, machinist, or foreman were identified within the neighborhood during this period. Jeffrey and Kilbourne & Jacobs were major sources of employment for making it a desirable place to work. In 1889, Jeffrey established one of the first industrial cooperative store. In 1912, the company set up an employee cafeteria, and in that same year company social and sporting events, and shared personal news about employees.

south side of First Avenue. Jeffrey was a world leader in the production of mining machinery, yet its administrative offices were cramped and outdated. The tremendous growth of the company from the late 1880s to the early 1920s clearly spelled the need for an up-to-date office building where administration, sales, and engineering functions could be combined. Perhaps the infirmaries in the country.

In 1905, the employees, with the support of management, formed a Through the design and construction of this building at the First Avenue entrance to the plant, administrative operations of the company remained in a small frame two-story building on the succeeded him as president.) The founder of the company was present at both the ground- Jeffrey Manufacturing was making a statement about both its history and its future as a major Continuation Sheet Franklin County, Ohio Page Jeffrey Manufacturing was known to be particularly progressive in the area of employee relations, Even with the ever-expanding industrial facilities and employee amenities, the entire development of such a building was precipitated by the retirement of Joseph Jeffrey, who stepped At the same time that Jeffrey Manufacturing was expanding along the Big Four Railroad tracks, breaking and completion of the company's new office building, which was dedicated in his honor.

The contract for design and construction of the new office building was awarded to Stone & had its start in Boston in 1889 as an electrical engineering firm, and grew to specialize in the established the Jeffrey Building and Loan Association to assist employees in buying their own homes. A company newsletter, published from about 1914 to 1930, provided information about residential neighborhood. Aided by its proximity to jobs at these local industrial plants, the National Register of Historic Places industry in the community. Webster Co., Inc. At the time, Stone & Webster was a large scale engineering and construction commercial thoroughfare, this residential area was largely settled by about 1920.Although city firm with offices based in Boston and district offices in New York and Chicago. The company down as president of the company in 1922 at the age of 88. (His eldest son, Robert H.

Jeffrey, residents of this area. financing, engineering, construction and management of electrical utilities, street railways and (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Franklin County, Ohio In the early 1900s, Stone & Webster expanded its construction business through formation of the architect and builder of the Jeffrey Office Building in an article in Jeffrey Service, the company services for power, industrial and governmental clients. It is not known whether the company It is significant that the completion of the office building in 1924 was the last major building expansion at the Jeffrey Manufacturing plant until World War II. No new buildings were constructed, partly due to the Great Depression but also because the company was expanding by other means.

One was the purchase of a long assembly building from Kilbourne & Jacobs in the expand physically without building new. Another was Jeffrey's acquisition in 1929 of the Galion was not so dependent upon the coal industry. Galion also helped the company to weather the United States entry into World War II. Most of the company's products, and those of its history. Stone & Webster Construction Division, which completed diversified engineering and Boston, Massachusetts, where it remains a leader in engineering, construction and consulting construction projects throughout the United States and abroad. The company built office Webster's published history, the company typically located a construction "squad" at the project was the contractor for any other Jeffrey Manufacturing Company buildings.

Iron Works and Manufacturing Company, a small manufacturer of road rollers and graders in even churches after about 1907. Stone & Webster's diverse project portfolio is illustrated by its National Register of Historic Places site to oversee the efficiency of the project. Stone & Webster still exists today, headquartered in Youngstown, for Carnegie Steel during the early 1900s. Stone & Webster was identified as the From 1939 on, Jeffrey Manufacturing was part of the build-up of American industry for the "excellence") for supplying chain for the ammunition hoists on a majority of American destroyers materials were obtained through the end of the war.

Jeffrey Manufacturing won five Navy Es (for Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building subsidiaries, were considered vital to the war effort and favorable quotas and priorities for Section number Page Galion, Ohio.This purchase enabled Jeffrey to diversify its product lines even further so that it power stations in many areas of the country.Stone &Webster developed a strong reputation as a development of the industrial town of McDonald, Ohio, located on the Mahoning River north of likely that the company was familiar with, or possibly worked with, Stone & Webster early in its builder."Because of Jeffrey Manufacturing Company's work in coal-mining mechanization, it is late 1920s (the long building at the right of the picture in Figure 1),which enabled the company to Great Depression: as government spending for roads increased, Galion'sfortunes rose. OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 buildings, banks, hotels, warehouses, manufacturing plants, hospitals, academic buildings and sound financial manager and designer of electrical systems and became known as a "system newsletter, with the project superintendent and resident manager pictured. According to Stone & OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Section number Franklin County, Ohio and cruisers built after 1942. The fortunes of the company continued to rise after the war as well. It was in this climate of growth that the Research Development and Test Building was constructed as an addition to the rear of the office building in 1946.

This facility provided company continued to develop new products that reflected modernization of coal mining, such as Nearby Kilbourne and Jacobs closed in 1953 and its plants and facilities were integrated into the industrial division (the chain, conveyor and crusher lines) was transferred from the old Columbus jobs at the factory site were eliminated, signaling the end of an era for the hundreds of families who had worked at the plant at First Avenue and North Fourth Street. In 1986, Dresser consolidated all remaining manufacturing on the north side of First Avenue. In the late 1980s, the remainder of the plant south of First Avenue was demolished. residential neighborhood to its west. The buildings to the north of First Avenue are planned for being rehabilitated to house the State Library of Ohio.

Page Change in the company's manufacturing operations began to occur in 1961-62, when Jeffrey's companies was Jaeger Machine, a manufacturer of cement mixers and other road building In 1943, Jeffrey's sales were $23 million, an amount which had increased to $68 million in 1948. rehabilitation as office space, including the two large industrial structures which are currently Columbus, with employment of 2,556; the next largest of Columbus' industrial machinery the "continuous miner,"which would both cut and load coal without the use of explosives. The National Register of Historic Places equipment, which employed 943. However, the next 30-35 years would bring significant changes Jeffrey Manufacturing Company site.

In that year, Jeffrey remained a huge industrial presence in tremendous boost that war-time productivity had given to industries such as Jeffrey.The company's chain, conveyor and crusher lines also continued to expand to meet new markets.The Dresser Industries, and the employment picture began to fluctuate. In 1982,approximately 1800 plant to new operations in South Carolina and Tennessee.In 1974, the Jeffrey plant was sold to The last mining machine to be manufactured at this site was produced in March, 200o. The vast to the company. NPS Form 10-900-a additional space for the design of new products that were consistently being developed and tested 1946 addition provided a centralized location for development and testing of prototypes. empty factory site to the south of First Avenue is planned for development as an extension of the by Jeffrey's designers and engineers.

Built at the close of the war, this building represents the (8.86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Franklin County, Ohio nomination. 1996. Columbus, 1949. Jeffrey, Robert H. II. A Short History of the Jeffrey Company. Columbus, 1975. Keller, David Neal. Stone & Webster 1889-1989: A Century of Integrity and Service. Stone & Newsletter, December 1997/January 1998 and September/October, 2000. Miller, J. A. A Glimpse of Columbus and Her Industries. Columbus, November, 1890. Vesey, Snyder A. Franklin County at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. Historical Bibliography: Hays, Michael. Interview with building manager and former employee, September, 2000. through 1930. Webster, Incorporated: New York. 1989. Columbus Trades and Labor Assembly: Columbus, 1901. Jeffrey Service, Volumes 1 through 15. Jeffrey Manufacturing Company: Columbus, 1914 Klein, Andy.

Interview with Robert H. Jeffrey, II, October 6, 1997. Published in Italian Village Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Publishing Company: Columbus, 1901. Sanborn Insurance Company. Maps of Columbus, Ohio. 1901, 1921, 1951. Continuation Sheet Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio. The Lewis Publishing Company: Chicago, 1901. Henley, Justin C. "The Jeffrey Co. Plays Top Role in Industry," The Ohio State Journal: Hunker, Henry L. Industrial Evolution of Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio State University: Illustrated History of the Columbus Trades and Labor Assembly and Its Affiliated Organizations. National Register of Historic Places Section number Page Farrell, Roger D., and Williams, Judith B.

Old North End Historic District, National Register Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building Franklin County, Ohio Name of Property County and State 10. Geographical Data UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description Boundary Justification 11. Form Prepared By September15, 2000 - date street & number city or town _ . state Ohio - zip code _43221 Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Representative black and white photographs of the property.

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Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503 Photographs Zone Maps Easting name telephone Northing Columbus organization Historic Preservation Consultant Additional Documentation 2237 Cambridge Boulevard name/title Colpark Associates LP Judy Williams street & number555 E. North Ln., Suite 6101 (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) (614) 481-7999 Acreage of Property - approx. 1 (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain f this form to the Chief,Administrative Services Division, NationalPark Service, P.O.

Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127: and the Office o Conshohocken United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet The following information is the same for all photographs: 224 East First Avenue and 865 North Sixth Street Photo taken by Judy Williams, September, 2000 14. Drafting Building, looking northwest 16. Drafting Building rear elevation, looking east 19. Bronze plaque of Joseph A. Jeffrey, west end of lobby 26. Research Development and Test Building, 3rd floor, looking north southwest 12. Research Development and Test Building, looking northwest National Register of Historic Places Negatives at 2237 Cambridge Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio 22. Office Building library, 4" floor, looking south 15. Office Building, Research Development and Test Building and Drafting Building, looking The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building 18.

Office Building lobby, looking west 27. Research Development and Test Building, east wing, south bay, looking east 11. Office Building and Research Development and Test Building, looking west 24. Office Building, typical open space in wing 3. Office Building, south and west elevations, looking northeast Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 23. Office Building, typical corridor 1. Office Building, main elevation, looking north Franklin County, Ohio 4. Office Building, entry detail, looking north 21. Office Building directors² room, 4" floor, detail of ceiling, looking west 25. Office Building, west stair at 4"h floor, looking south 20. Office Building directors² room, 4" floor, looking east Office Building and Research Development and Test Building, looking southeast OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 7. Research, Development and Test Building, looking southeast 9.

Bridge connecting the two buildings, looking southeast 10. Alley between the two buildings, looking east Page NPS Form 10.900-4 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Page Franklin County, Ohio 30. Drafting building interior, looking east Continuation Sheet Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building National Register of Historic Places 29. Space between R and D Building and Drafting Building, looking east Photos Section number NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Franklin County, Ohio Avenue, go east along the front property line of the office building at 224 E. First Avenue to the first alley east of N. Fourth Street; go south along this alley to the first alley north of E. First Avenue; turn west along this alley to the west property line of 224 E.

First Avenue; turn south along this property line to the point of beginning. Boundary Justification: property does not include two large manufacturing buildings to the east of this site because of Section number 10 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Beginning at the intersection of N. Fourth Street and E. First Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building property line's intersection with N. Sixth Street; go north on N. Sixth Street to the north property The nominated property occupies the southwest corner of Parcel No. 010-008865 in the City of The nominated property consists of the historic office building and its additions.The nominated their lack of architectural integrity. National Register of Historic Places Verbal Boundary Description: Page !

Continuation Sheet line of 895N.Sixth Street; turn west along the north building line of 895N.Sixth Street to the (8-86) View of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. Source: Jeffrey Service, 1927 Drawing of new Jeffrey Office Building, 1923. in 1927, looking east. The Jeffrey Company Shows Much Progress and Growth Since 1876 Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. Office Building, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio As New Jeffrey Office Building will Appear being erected The structure, when tn shed, will b step nearer the completion of the building. the world. The business was begun on a modest scale in the rear of J. A. JEFFREY. plant is now situated on the Big Four line, where it has direct rail- View of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. looking southwest from First Avenue and the RR line, 1901. Source: Illustrated History of the Columbus Trades and Labor Assembly, 1901 chain mining machines.

They are the only manufacturers of mining barges or railroad cars. The company illustrates its machinery and and controls patents which broadly cover any form or type of electric Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. Office Building, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH cleaning coal from the face of the coal to the loading of the same in and has been developed by its present owners and managers into one for future expansion.The buildings and machinery are up-to-date of the best organized and flourishing industries in the State.The where the United States Government building now stands in 1876, THE JEFFREY MANUFACTURING COMPANY. INDUSTRIES OF COLUMBUS. THE JEFFREY MANUFACTURING CO. way connections by its own suwitches and owns a large tract of land machinery supplying everything required in mining, handling and in every particular and occupy 14 acres.

The Jeffrey company owns United States in perfecting coal mining machinery, in which it leads The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company is the pioneer in the FLG. 3 171 MINE VAULT To VICE ALE ELEV STAIR To PRES ASST. Tol FOURTH FLOOR PRES. DIRECTORS LAVE LOCKER -BE ACCOUNTING MAT. CONFERENCE SECOND FLOOR - ENTRANCES Office Building Floor Plan, 1924. Source: Jeffrey Service, 1924. AGT LOBBY REST SECY ENG GEN MGR PHONE FILES FAN FILING CORRIDOR ADVER. CREDIT CHAIN CHIEF BILLING MNG. TRAC PRICING CHART Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. Office Building, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH OFFICE HAND. PURCHASING DEPT LOCKERS STENOG BLUEPRINT FIRST FLOOR RID COMPTROLLESTAIR EXPORT STORES THIRD FLOOR COST MIN.MIN ASST TREAS. ROOM BOARD ORDER GIRLS' MEN'S GIRLS GIRLS MENS PATENT COUNSEL FIG. 4 PUR. MFG. CRUSHER PULV SAIR E XCHANGE MAP AREA : jw MANUFACTURING CO. SCALE 1" = 368 survey plats, and other public 19TH FLR.

Please notify the Franklin Coun NORTH JOSEPH W. TESTA Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio GRID Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. Office Building GIS DIVISION GIS FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR information sources should be 224 E. First Ave. and 883-895 N. Sixth Street This map is prepared for the county ond the mopping compo FORMER.JEFFREY DATE : SEP 22, 2000 -SITE Office Building - Nominated Property 224 E. First Avenue and 883-895 N. Sixth Street SCALE 1* = 204 A - Main Office Building D - Former Jeffrey plant FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR Other Buildings (not nominated): Nominated Property: Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. Office Building, Franklin County, Ohio C - Draft Room Annex (non-contributing) The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company BERRY JOSEPH W.

TESTA DEMOLISHED MAP AREA : jw .E SECONR AKE B- Research, Development and Test Building DATE : SEP 22, 2000 GRID NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Jeffrey Manufacturing Company Office Building NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REASONS FOR REVIEW: - LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N TELEPHONE DATE 4/06/01 REJECT 3/05/01 DISCIPLINE RETURN MULTIPLE 4/20/01 PROPERTY REVIEWER RECOM./CRITERIA NATIONAL: VACCEPT DATE RECEIVED: Entered in tho DATE OF 45TH DAY: Natlona!

Register UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR REQUEST: N SAMPLE : APPEAL: Ohio Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Offiu Building 1210851 1-2 Columbus, Franklin Co, Ohio 124 0851 1-3 Office Bunding :24 0651 1-3 SOUTHEAST COLUMBUS QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) SOUTHEAST COLUMBUS, OH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES OHIO-FRANKLIN CO.